Gaijin Entertainment

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This article is about the European game development company. For the American company formerly known as Gaijin Games, see Choice Provisions.

Gaijin Entertainment
TypePrivately held company
IndustryVideo game industry
Founded2002
Headquarters
Budapest, Hungary
Key people
Anton Yudintsev (CEO)
ProductsVideo games
Number of employees
150 to 200[1] (2017)
Websitegaijinent.com

Gaijin Entertainment is a European video game developer and publisher established in 2002[2][3] headquartered in Budapest, Hungary[4][5] and with offices in Cyprus, Germany, Russia and Latvia.[6] The company is mostly known for War Thunder, Crossout, Star Conflict, CRSED: F.O.A.D. (formerly known as Cuisine Royale) and Enlisted.

History[]

Gaijin Entertainment was founded in 2002 in Moscow by Anton and Kirill Yudintsev,[7] whose first big project was the PC racing game Adrenaline. After the successful launch of War Thunder, an office in Germany was established, to manage global operations and marketing.[8] Presently, all Gaijin online games are operated from Germany, Cyprus and Hungary,[8] while the development is scattered across Europe.

Games[]

Game Developer Release year Description Platforms
Бумер: Сорванные башни Gaijin 2003 Game based on the movie Бумер (2003) Windows
2005[9] "Adrenaline is a game that successfully blends the genres of thrilling adrenaline-pumping racing and an economic management sim."[9] Windows[9]
X-Blades 2009 Fantasy game.[10] Windows, PS3, Xbox 360[10]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey World War II combat flight simulator.[11] Windows, PS3, Xbox 360
Anarchy: Rush Hour 2010 Arcade racing game.[12] PS3
Mobile real time strategy game.[13] iOS, Android
Apache: Air Assault Combat flight simulation game based on the Apache AH-64D Longbow attack helicopter.[14] Windows, PS3, Xbox 360[14]
Braveheart Action-role-playing game.[15] iOS[15]
Blades of Time 2012 Spiritual successor of X-Blades, introducing a darker setting and more realistic tone. Windows, macOS, PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch[16]
Birds of Steel World War II combat flight simulator.[17] PS3, Xbox 360[17]
Star Conflict Star Gem. Space flight simulator MMO.[18][19] Windows, macOS, Linux, SteamOS[18]
War Thunder Gaijin 2013 XX and XXI century aerial, ground and naval vehicle simulator MMO.[20][21][22][23] Windows, macOS, Linux, PS4, Xbox One, Shield Android TV, PS5, Xbox Series X/S[21]
Wingsuit simulator.[24] PS3, Xbox 360[24]
Crossout Targem Games 2016 A vehicular combat MMO currently in open beta. It is available as an early access release.[25] Windows, PS4, Xbox One
CRSED: F.O.A.D. DarkFlow Software 2018 Battle Royale Windows, PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Enlisted 2020[26] First-person WWII shooter.[27][26] Windows, Xbox Series X/S, PS5

Dagor Engine[]

The Dagor Engine is a proprietary game engine used by Gaijin Entertainment.[28] The original version of the engine was developed by Gaijin Entertainment and in 2005 the separate company Dagor Technologies was established for continued development. Currently the engine incorporates technology such as the PhysX physics engine and has been updated to version 5.0 since the release of War Thunder.[29] With the introduction of devblogs regarding a War Thunder update, entitled "New Power", Gaijin Entertainment confirmed that War Thunder will use a new version of the engine: Dagor Engine 6.0. The upgrades concentrate on shading, weather effects, new skies (for example clouds), fire, explosions and various special effects.[30]

Controversies[]

The company gained notoriety for pursuing legal action against the owner of gaijin.com, an unaffiliated website that predates the company by seven years.[31] The complaint expired and was automatically withdrawn in November 2013.[32]

In 2021, after a War Thunder logo was seen in a video by Donbas YouTuber High Caliber Mayhem, allegations surfaced that Gaijin was indirectly financing pro-Russian separatists in the war in Donbas. High Caliber Mayhem has denied any links to the separatist armed forces and published an explanation claiming that all the money from all advertisements on that channel were spent on humanitarian aid for civilians.[33] The video showing the War Thunder advertisement was removed from High Caliber Mayhem's Youtube channel.

These allegations were unfounded and based solely on the fact that the videos were shot on the territory of LPR[34] with no proof of connection between High Caliber Mayhem and separatists or any exchange of funds between the game developer and the channel. Russian origin of the company is thought to be the reason for this attack of Ukrainian nationalistic media on Gaijin in particular and not other international companies like Google that still pay money to the channel owner for ads.[35]

In response to the controversy, Gaijin provided an explanation, saying "We do not provide political support to anyone anywhere. We know nothing about politics and prefer to stay out of it. Our agency that ordered an ad in the video in question took it down when they realized they might drag us into a political discussion."[36][37] Some gaming companies that published advertisements for the same channel (Wargaming.Net, Plarium, My.Com)[38] also took down videos with their integrations, while others (FIFA Online 4[39]) continued purchasing ads even after the scandal.

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